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Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same

  • US 6,240,080 B1
  • Filed: 08/05/1998
  • Issued: 05/29/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:

  • providing information to a first mobile terminal connected to an ad hoc network, which is a temporary network configured of only plural terminals, wherein another mobile terminal starts up a random timer in response to an information request from a mobile terminal, wherein said random timer allows only a terminal which has a first time-out of the random timer to supply information over the ad hoc network;

    controlling a mobile terminal by another mobile terminal, wherein upon detection of a time-out of the random timer by a detecting mobile terminal, the detecting mobile terminal broadcasts an information supply message which ceases the random timer of each of the mobile terminals which have started up a random timer.

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